Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-10-03

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 3
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
373 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 241▲ 124 vs year ago 249 · +49.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 26▼ 203 vs year ago 274 · −74.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 9▼ 1 vs year ago 12 · −8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.98/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$215.98
132 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$946
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.38
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2437216.4394672
Medium and Large 1506216.111,09222
Medium and Large 3401215.0486238
One grade step is worth $1.39/cwt here — about $84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale132 hd
215.98
—
GA average16 barns · 1,342 hd
207.59
+8.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17085.661,00216
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41782.291,16620
CowsLean 85-90%Average97372.877099thin

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1303292.48/cwt290.00–295.008862
Steers—Medium and Large 2308284.26/cwt280.00–285.008767
Steers—Medium and Large 3323262.56/cwt260.00–265.008482
Steers—Medium and Large 2383265.03/cwt262.50–267.501,0157
Steers—Medium and Large 2423258.51/cwt255.00–259.001,0938
Steers—Medium and Large 1430263.97/cwt260.00–268.001,13513
Steers—Medium and Large 2471244.44/cwt240.00–247.501,1515
Steers—Medium and Large 1517257.50/cwt256.00–258.001,3319
Steers—Medium and Large 3535234.34/cwt233.00–235.001,2543
Steers—Medium and Large 3587222.55/cwt220.00–225.001,3064
Steers—Medium and Large 3675212.61/cwt208.00–217.501,4352
Steers—Medium and Large 2683226.73/cwt220.00–230.001,54913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1301238.33/cwt237.50–240.007173
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329221.40/cwt215.00–225.0072826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362226.25/cwt225.00–227.5081919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2409220.57/cwt217.50–223.0090238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428226.01/cwt225.00–227.009677
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517208.07/cwt205.00–210.001,0769
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559200.31/cwt200.00–202.501,1208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561213.22/cwt212.50–215.001,1967
Heifers—Medium and Large 2652185.72/cwt185.00–190.001,2117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659192.98/cwt190.00–195.001,2725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3673180.83/cwt177.50–182.501,2173
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1303288.49/cwt287.00–290.008742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2336274.83/cwt272.00–277.509232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358266.26/cwt265.00–267.509532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370245.70/cwt240.00–247.509094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378252.90/cwt251.00–255.009562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437242.01/cwt240.00–242.501,0585
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455213.37/cwt210.00–220.009713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470225.94/cwt222.50–227.501,06221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475236.12/cwt230.00–239.001,12217
Bulls—Medium and Large 3511218.12/cwt217.50–219.001,11512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580212.05/cwt210.00–215.001,23011
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585193.59/cwt192.50–200.001,1337
Bulls—Medium and Large 1611212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,2982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672188.74/cwt187.50–190.001,2684
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89075.25/cwt72.00–78.006702
Cows—Lean 85-90%98383.47/cwt83.00–84.008212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00267.67/cwt67.00–68.006785
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16186.96/cwt83.00–90.001,0109
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16779.99/cwt76.00–82.009335
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38677.62/cwt76.00–80.001,0768
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43885.40/cwt82.00–89.001,22812
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2757115.68/cwt110.00–120.008763
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03092.00/cwt92.00–92.009481

This sale against other markets

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.